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Finding Meaning in Reading Podcast with Heather Fisher
Heather Fisher discusses planning for professional learning and finding meaning in reading on the podcast.
Examining Book Choices with Awareness of Bias
Bitsy Parks takes into account her consideration of implicit biases and examines her classroom library and read aloud choices with urgency and excitement.
Recognizing Bias Podcast with Gretchen Schroeder
Gretchen Schroeder discusses recognizing bias on the podcast.
Many Uses for Mentor Texts to Teach Argument Writing
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills share the many targeted ways in which they use mentor texts to teach argument writing and move students away from five-paragraph themes.
Rethinking “Finding” the Central Idea
Leigh Anne Eck offers a step-by-step guide to help students build a central idea when it is implied in a nonfiction text.
Teaching Summary
Christy Rush-Levine faces the challenge of helping her students see summary writing not as drudgery, but as a way to build more sophisticated thinking around texts.
Meaningful Conversations Podcast with Christy Rush-Levine
Christy Rush-Levine discusses meaningful conversations on the podcast.
Meaningful Conversations
Christy Rush-Levine wraps meaningful conversations about race into her curriculum instead of making it “one more thing” to squeeze into the school day.
One Text. One Conversation. Many Possibilities.
Matt Renwick explores ways in which whole-class conversations around one text can build a strong community as understanding is co-constructed.
Picture Books That Affirm and Celebrate Students’ Identities
Stella Villalba shares picture books to celebrate and affirm students’ identities.
Field Notes: 6 Ways to Respond Remotely to Build a Community of Writers
Ruth Ayres observes a writing workshop that is remote. She reflects on the ways students offer feedback and how their community of writers is established.
Three Small Moves to Make a More Inclusive Classroom
Leigh Anne Eck reflects on three small moves she made to create a more inclusive classroom.
Laying the Foundation for an Equitable Classroom
Gretchen Schroeder shares the building blocks she uses to define equity for herself and her students, as well as a practical way to put them into action in her rural high school classroom.
Empowering Choice Podcast with Nawal Qarooni Casiano
Nawal Qarooni Casiano shares how to empower choice in kids leading minilessons on the podcast.
Actively Recognizing Biases
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills reflect on the ways they actively recognize their own biases and help students recognize their own.
Choice Boards for Writing Workshop
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills give a step-by-step guide for creating choice boards in writing workshop.
Writing Work Plans
Brian Sepe empowers students to make their own plans during writing workshop.
Extending Invitations in Workshop: Ways to Empower Student Choice
Dana Murphy suggests three ways to empower student choice in workshop and get more students to accept the invitations we offer.
Digital Reading Strategies
Mandy Robek reflects on her identity as a digital and print reader and offers strategies to support students reading digital texts.
Online Routines to Create Energetic Reading Communities
Melissa Quimby shares online routines to strengthen the class reading community.
Troubleshooting Difficulties When Writing a Big Idea in Memoir
Kate Mills and Tara Barnett pinpoint common difficulties in sixth-grade memoir. They share teaching points and student writing samples before and after revision.
Rotation of the Classroom Library
Inspired by a closet clean-out, Leigh Anne Eck considers the way a seasonal rotation is also good for classroom libraries.
Assessing Students Online: Small and Powerful Moves
Tammy Mulligan shares small and mighty moves when assessing students online.
Belonging in a School Community
Suzy Kaback thinks deeply about the concept of belonging as an essential part of building a school community.
Honoring Student Identity
Christy Rush-Levine considers how to communicate to all students that their presence and their identities are valued and appreciated.
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